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The study delves into different aspects of homicide, including the extent of intentional homicide in absolute numbers and rates. It highlights regional and subregional trends, demographics, age, and gender profiles of victims. It also explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on homicide trends.
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Homicides — when people intentionally and illegally kill others for personal reasons — are the most serious crime. They are a common cause of death globally and a leading cause of death in some countries.
19 paź 2023 · Declining homicide clearance rates for African-American victims accounted for all of the nation’s alarming decline in law enforcement’s ability to clear murders through the arrest of criminal offenders, according to a new study of data compiled by the nonprofit Murder Accountability Project (MAP).
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Homicide is the killing of a person by another with intent to cause death or serious injury, by any means. It excludes death due to legal intervention and operations of war.
Homicide, the act of one person killing another, is a leading cause of death in the United States. While homicide encompasses illegal crimes of murder and manslaughter, as well as legally...
27 paź 2021 · The CDC and the FBI published data on the nation's murder rate in 2020, which increased by the largest amount since at least 1905. Most states, firearms and violent crime also saw significant increases, while the murder clearance rate declined.
18 sty 2022 · Most homicide victims are Black. And Black Americans were eight times as likely to be murder victims in 2020 as their white counterparts. In the hardest-hit communities, gun violence is so...
